This week's Exchange was recorded in November 2021 as part of our Full Circle series, which celebrates women in electronic music. DJ, producer and community organiser JADALAREIGN sat down with two of Resident Advisor's staff writers, Kiana Mickles and Nyshka Chandran, at our New York office. 

JADALAREIGN was raised about an hour north of New York City, in a musical household soundtracked by funk, soul, hip-hop and R&B. Growing up in a predominantly white neighbourhood impacted how she operates today—her work prioritises cultivating community, as community wasn't always something she felt she had. 

After playing instruments, studying fashion and ending up in a corporate job, JADALAREIGN became increasingly engaged in music through her side hustle as the music director for an entertainment blog. In 2015, she took her first DJ lesson and felt instantly drawn to the craft. Gradually, she grew more and more immersed in the New York scene. 

Today, JADALAREIGN is a booker for leading New York club Nowadays, using her role heading up the Friday night programming to create more space and opportunity for people of colour in dance music. She also runs a workshop series called SKILLSHARE, which supports other women of colour, as well as queer folks, non-binary people and trans people, wanting to learn about the ins and outs of the music industry. In 2020, she launched In Sessions with Sam Law and FIVEBOI, a digital production camp that, when it first launched, reached around 300 people daily from 30 different countries. 

In this Exchange, JADALAREIGN discusses her work and community projects, how New York's dance music culture has changed in recent years and the importance of the scene's players engaging in honest reflection to increase diversity. She also touches on the value of mentorship for marginalised creatives and what can be done to prevent artists of colour feeling tokenised.

Tracklist:
JADALAREIGN - 2B2S (HAUS of ALTR)

EX.604 JADALAREIGN

bodywerk returns to the Lot Radio for their third round! The crew from Memphis 10 is at it again, rockin' with our incredibly talented homie, Niyah West as we round out our summer series, BODYWERK EAST. We're bringing you footwork, jungle, Jersey -- all the vibes we love in preparation for our Jupiter Disco takeover 8/4! DJ rmzi and DJ Chandlerblingg will be holdin' it down with the Memphis sound -- tune in, y'all!

@_bodywerk, @rmzi, @djchandlerblingg, @jessgracejcksn, @niyahwest

 Footwerk, Jersey, House, Baile Funk, Memphis Rap

Bodywerk With Dj Rmzi, Dj Chandlerblingg And Niyah West @ The Lot Radio 08 - 02 - 2022

https://www.nts.live/shows/high-jazz/episodes/high-jazz-14th-september-2022

HIGH JAZZ* w/ ill Dubio 140922

Jump To It w/ Casey - 22.09.22

Haunting 95bFM's late-night airwaves since 2008, Aaron Yap's Psychic Glands is a sonic, hypnotic odyssey that focuses on spectral, half-awake transmissions, assorted sounds, and zoned-out bliss for the deep-listening dreamer. We're super excited to be hosting Aaron for a rare daytime set at the third edition of Beacon Festival, and give him the keys to FPR330 in advance of the fest. 

Gareth Quinn Redmond - Tar Éis Lóin [Self]
Melaine Dalibert - Six + Six [Mind Travel Series]  
Tengger - Dolgodora [Cardinal Fuzz/Ramble Records] 
Ashan - Rippling Mirror [Inner Islands]
JOM & Friends - Sixteen [Yoga Records]
Laura Cannell & André Bosman - I Saw Three Ships [Brawl Records]
Gabriel Hassan - Across The Great Divide [Ramble Records]
Fabio Orsi - Dust At Night [Self]
Simon Scott - The Black Fens [Room40] 
Ameel Brecht - The Locked Room On The Other Side [blickwinkel]
Carcáscara - Fiona [Aural Canyon]
Arboria - The Variant Within [Up In Her Room]
Tindersticks - The Costa Rican [City Slang]
Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz - Tasteful Gloss [RVNG Intl.] 
Anja Lauvdal - Mother [Smalltown Supersound]
Tapes And Topographies - Ontologies [WhiteLabRecs]
Natural Snow Buildings - From Their Body At Will / Sunbone [Blackest Rainbow]

Ep 330 w/ Psychic Glands

NIGELTHREETIMES and MAACHEW BENTLEY @ The Lot Radio 04-04-2023

Rrita Jashari (1989) was born in Prishtina, Kosovo and moved to Belgium at age 3. She’s always been a music-passionate-person and has been being involved in musical projects and collecting vinyl for years now. She’s one of the founders of the Brussels based 54KOLAKTIV and 54 Sound, a Jamaican style handcrafted soundsystem. Since a year, she’s also programmer at VK Concerts in Molenbeek and a resident DJ at Kiosk Radio. In her DJ-sets, she likes to make people discover music by blending sounds from various eras and areas, ranging from experimental, ethnical and underground music to dancefloor hits or even more poppy music – all of this depending on her mood, the context, place, public and the things she’s been listening to in that specific phase of her life. No music purism, just a lot of bass!

Rrita Jashari @ Kiosk Radio 02.05.2023

for love and fun xox <3

mo0dswings b2b azize ngo / 09.01.23

tracklist:

nala sinephro ~ space 1
ela minus ~ pocket piano
boozoo bajou ~ tiefer
air ~ modular mix
nu genea, tony allen ~ howls
sandy barber, opolopo ~ i think i'll do some stepping (on my own)
fazer ~ white sedan
tour-mauborg ~ saint thé à la menthe
lord echo, mara tk ~ life on earth
apiento ~ things you do for love - heartbeat version
system olympia ~ miya says
laurence guy, contours ~ gone
otodojo ~ 123
dream 2 science ~ liquid
valentino mora, yoshitake expe ~ astrometric effect
nice girl ~ monde de la
tour-mabourg ~ longing for you
actress ~ leaves against the sky
nils petter molvær, moritz von oswald ~ step by step
fatima, floating points ~ cinnamon
omni gardens ~ nectar grass

pistachio milk

COOL BREEZE with Zephyr Ann @ The Lot Radio 09-03-2023

Streaming from Amsterdam's Radio Radio: this is RRFM.NL w/ @samuellwho

RRFM • Flippen Worldwide w/ SAMWHO • 13-09-2023

In a world of increasing regulation and control, deviance from established modes of behaviour is tolerated less and less. New policies are constantly being devised by the government to discourage "deviant behaviour".

The broadcast community is already regulated by the government and extremely limited in its ability to present alternative expressions. Pirate radio stations enjoy an unfettered ability to present alternative ideas and music, thus deeming them a source of free expression not carrying the government stamp of approval.

@cr_label's mix for EDWIN this month, AERIAL WARFARE takes us on a journey through some of the moments that shaped our collective experience growing up between 2000 - 2010. Exploring the emerging grime subculture, influenced by DIY codes and pirate radio’s censorship rebellion.

https://edwin-europe.com

Bodywerk With Dj Rmzi, Dj Chandlerblingg And Niyah West @ The Lot Radio 08 - 02 - 2022

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